Week in Photos - 12/9/2003

December 8, 2003 10:00 PM

Photo: Grant M. Haller, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Elle Bennett, at front, stands with other apartment residents after being evacuated by police negotiating with a man who barricaded himself inside a unit and threatened to burn it down. The man broke back into his apartment Monday after being evicted. A SWAT team arrived at 600 Ninth Ave. after the 1:30 p.m. incident. Bennett, a Seattle University junior, was in the shower at the time and was left standing outside for hours. A fire crew gave her the yellow blanket. At about 9 p.m., police fired pepper spray into the apartment. The man then jumped from his third-story window. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center and was expected to survive. less

Elle Bennett, at front, stands with other apartment residents after being evacuated by police negotiating with a man who barricaded himself inside a unit and threatened to burn it down. The man broke back into ... more